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Lost Horizon, a captivating novel penned by the talented James Hilton, invites readers into a world of mystery and adventure. Published by Vintage Publishing in 2015, this book has become a staple in the genre of fantasy literature. The story unfolds in Hilton's unique narrative style, which keeps readers on the edge of their seats from beginning to end. Lost Horizon is more than just a book; it's a journey that transports you to a different time and place. Vintage Publishing has done an outstanding job in bringing this masterpiece to the public. Don't miss out on this exceptional read. It's a book that will leave you lost in thought, long after you've turned the last page.

Lost Horizon is one of the most popular adventure novels ever written.

Set in Russia, it is the story of Ainsely Fothergill, an Englishman who served as a British spy and was exiled to Siberia for eight years. The book reminds us that James Hilton was one of the best storytellers of our era, and that a good story never loses its appeal.

"As an ex-soldier and freelance fixer, Danny Gunn is no stranger to violence. Together with his older brother Clay, the pair return to Miami after Danny's new girlfriend, Chrissie Haims, is found brutally murdered. Her house is torn asunder, but thehouse invasion gone wrong explanation doesn't sit well with Danny. In clearing his name, Danny Gunn puts himself on the radar of two Miami detectives, Anderson and Brockovich. The stakes have never been higher for the Gunn brothers as they face mortal danger, from not one but two deadly gangs. On one side; the Southern Unification, an ultra-right brotherhood sworn to violent retribution. On the other side; a wild band of thrillseeking treasure hunters who care nothing for the law. The Gunn brothers have faced death many times before as combat soldiers, but this threat is much closer to home. From the back streets of Miami to the wild and untamed Everglades, the brothers tangle with their deadliest opponents yet."

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A middle-aged British diplomat reminisces about his life from his college days at Cambridge through his early fifties. The protagonist, Charles Anderson, leads us through World War I, first love, and the progression of his diplomatic career. Tragedy during World War II almost ends his career. A continuous thread throughout the novel is Charles' turbulent relationship with his distant and difficult father. Set in the years just as WWI was ending to the advent of WWII, it is the story of an English diplomat that moves between the past and present

""Chronograms Continued And Concluded: More Than Five Thousand In Number"" is a book written by James Hilton and originally published in 1885. The book is a compilation of chronograms, which are sentences or phrases in which certain letters, when interpreted as Roman numerals, add up to a date. The chronograms in this book are arranged in alphabetical order and cover a wide range of topics, including history, literature, religion, and science. The author provides explanations and translations for many of the chronograms, making the book a valuable resource for scholars and researchers interested in the history of language and numerology. The book is written in English and is suitable for readers with an interest in linguistics, history, and mathematics.A Supplement Volume To Chronograms.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

More stories of Mr. Chips, the world's most beloved schoolmaster, as he helps shape young lives through the first half of a tumultuous centuryWhen author James Hilton penned his beloved short novel, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, he drew on his own formative experiences at a boarding school in Cambridge. As World War I approached, the camaraderie among students and the faculty's courage helped Hilton and his classmates face the fear and deprivations of those troubled times. In this collection, Hilton adds to the legend of Mr. Chipping through exquisite short stories, while also providing a warm autobiographical account of his own experience with the English public school system.

Ironically, when we think of fascism, we often look at someone as brutal and influential as adolf hitler, but the word "fascism" originated from italian. The ideology that was carried out in the vicious spanish war right before world war 2, and was embraced by nazi germany, was actually pushed and more or less invented by the italians during a critical time in history when many changes were made, and when fear and uncertainty were all in the air. Mussolini was efficient and influential. He was a fearless leader not to be trifled with. Let's take a look at what he did and why.Mussolini would ride that wave to power, and he would hold it for decades as he opportunistically tried to strengthen italy's position and empire. That would lead him to foreign interventions in africa, and eventually an alliance with nazi germany's adolf hitler, ultimately costing him everything and devastating his country throughout world war ii.For the people of spain, however, franco was far from the benevolent figurehead he portrayed himself to be. Franco's rule was vicious and spiteful, and persecution and oppression were ever present during his dictatorship. Franco's spain was intolerant of dissent, and by the 1970s, the country appeared to outsiders to be completely under his control and influence. It seemed likely that his successors would continue to rule in his image or, more worryingly, that far left groups would challenge a post-franco autocrat.

James Hilton's book "Terry" is about a little kid named Terry O'Keefe who grows up in a tiny mining town in northern England in the early 20th century. In the novel, Terry's journey through adolescence's difficulties and search for his place in the world are explored. The vivid descriptions Hilton provides of life in a working-class neighborhood during this time period and the challenges faced by families who depended on the coal mines for their livelihoods define the novel. In addition, Hilton explores the intricate relationships among the town residents and their struggles to uphold a sense of community in the face of adversity. At its core, "Terry" is a tale of optimism and resilience, as Terry learns to deal with the difficulties presented by his surroundings and uncover his own personal talents.

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James Hilton (9 September 1900 - 20 December 1954) was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays. Lost HorizonFirst published in 1933, this novel won Hilton the Hawthornden Prize in 1934. Later, Pocket Books, which pioneered the publication of small, soft-cover, inexpensive books, picked Lost Horizon as its first title in 1939. For that reason, the novel is frequently called the book that began the "paperback revolution."Hilton is said to have been inspired to write Lost Horizon, and to invent "Shangri-La" by reading the National Geographic articles of Joseph Rock, an Austrian-American botanist and ethnologist exploring the southwestern Chinese provinces and Tibetan borderlands. Still living in Britain at the time, Hilton was perhaps influenced by the Tibetan travel articles of early travelers in Tibet whose writings were found in the British Library. Christian Zeeman, the Danish father of the mathematician Christopher Zeeman, has also been claimed to be the model for the hero of the story. He disappeared while living in Japan (where his son was born in 1925), and was reputed to be living incognito in a Zen Buddhist monastery.Some say that the isolated valley town of Weaverville, California, in far-northern Trinity County, was a source, but this is the result of a misinterpretation of a comment by Hilton in a 1941 interview, in which he said that Weaverville reminded him of Shangri-La. Coincidentally, Junction City (about 8 miles from Weaverville) now has a Tibetan Buddhist centre with the occasional Tibetan monks in saffron robes.The name "Shangri-La" has become a byword for a mythical utopia, a permanently happy land, isolated from the world. After the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, when the fact that the bombers had flown from an aircraft carrier remained highly classified, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the press facetiously that they had taken off from Shangri-La. The Navy subsequently gave that name to an aircraft carrier, and Roosevelt named his presidential retreat in Maryland Shangri-La. (Later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower renamed the retreat Camp David after his grandson, and that name has been used for it ever since.) Zhongdian, a mountain region of south-west China, has been renamed Shangri-La (Xianggelila), based on its claim to have inspired Hilton's book.(wikipedia.org)

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It is the story of an English diplomat that moves between the past and present. The main character is likable and develops well. The other characters; girlfriend, father, mother, wife, and son are not fully developed though they all add to the development of the main character. It is a glimpse of life in England and the changes that feel bewildering to a caught in the middle generation.

Lost Horizon first published in 1933, this novel won Hilton the Hawthornden Prize in 1934. Hilton is said to have been inspired to write Lost Horizon, and to invent "Shangri-La" by reading the National Geographic Magazine articles of Joseph Rock, an Austrian-American botanist and ethnologist exploring the southwestern Chinese provinces and Tibetan borderlands. Still living in Britain at the time, Hilton was perhaps influenced by the Tibetan travel articles of early travelers in Tibet whose writings were found in the British Library.

While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery hidden in "the valley of the blue moon" - a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled.We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in both the United States and the United Kingdom 1934. Such is its popularity that it has been adapted into two films and two television series.Mr Chips is a much loved schoolteacher at Brookfield, a fictional boys' English public (private in US English) boarding school. It is a sentimental book showing how he overcomes his own mediocre academic record and his profound shyness to become a tremendous educator. It also depicts the sweeping social changes that Mr Chips experiences. He begins his tenure at Brookfield in 1870, at the beginning of the Franco-Prussion War and covers Victoria's death and along with her the social order, and the devastating impact of war on British society, with countless old masters and schoolboys dying on the battlefield in World War I. Mr Chips dies just as Adolf Hilter rises to power.This version also includes the book "To you, Mr Chips" which includes an autobiographical chapter and several additional Mr Chips stories.

A World War I veteran's comfortable life is upended by buried memories in this ';completely real and convincing' New York Times bestseller by an Academy Awardwinning screenwriter (The New York Times). Charles Rainier's family feared him lost along with so many of Britain's youth during the Great War. But two years after he was reported missing in action, he appears in a Liverpool hospital with no memory of the time that has passed. Rainier marries and embarks on a life of relative success, but he still can't recall his time on the battlefielduntil the first bombs of the Second World War begin to fall. Suddenly, his memories flood back. Now, recollections of a violent battlefield, a German prison, and a passionate affair all threaten to fracture the peaceful life he has worked so hard to create. From the bestselling author of Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chipswho also earned an Oscar for his screenwriting during Hollywood's Golden AgeRandom Harvest is a moving account of the trauma of war, the disruption of a seemingly ordinary life, and the courage required to find redemption in the face of the most overwhelming circumstances.